Word: unionizers
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...American troops from Iraq would reduce U.S. leverage in its talks with Iran. “We should not be talking to the Iranians from a position of weakness,” Kumar, who is also a Crimson news writer, said. The debate, hosted by the Harvard Political Union and attended by about 65 people, ended in a question-and-answer session, giving all participants the chance to respond. For the partisans in the room, the result was clear. “The Democrats got slaughtered on all points across the board,” proud Republican Rachel L. Wagley...
...that banning Internet poker would deny card players a legitimate source of entertainment and income. Under the terms of the ban, online gambling would be punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment and a $25,000 fine. The Harvard demonstrators were met by a large assembly of union workers, who gathered to show support for Patrick’s beleaguered gaming bill, which would permit three new resort casinos to be built in Massachusetts. Supporters of the ban claim that online poker encourages gambling addiction. Patrick added the provision to his bill to assuage critics who fear that...
...regime’s human rights record and advocate for dialogue with the Dalai Lama. On Tuesday afternoon, the French foreign minister and human rights advocate Bernard Kouchner said that Reporters Without Borders’ idea of boycotting the Olympics opening ceremony should be considered at the next European Union foreign ministers gathering, scheduled for March 28th. Considering the overwhelming power of the Chinese in both economic and military terms, international pressure in the context of the Olympics remains the Tibetans’ best hope, and all Western democracies should jump on this opportunity...
...matter how powerful a regime is, no matter how much radio silence there is around its human rights violations, media exposure and international pressure in this age of globalization works. Just as Hungarians reclaimed their history when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989 by reburying the tragic heroes of 1956, the Chinese “liberation” of Tibet will one day be re-written: Autonomy will begin to break the silence...
...Senator Obama had to walk a very thin line, both rebuking and distancing himself from his former pastor as well as reminding people of the long march toward the more perfect union...